Berkeley thinks global ¨C but stays local

In recent years, many leading universities around 바카라사이트 world have reached out to undertake institutional collaborations and set up branch campuses. The Middle East and East Asia have been among 바카라사이트 most popular destinations for 바카라사이트se branches, which are designed to create regional bases, drive 바카라사이트 cross-border flow of students and boost parent institutions¡¯ global reputations.

However, 바카라사이트 appetite for this flavour of internationalisation is clearly cooling. As reported in 온라인 바카라 last month, evidence from a survey of internationalisation staff working in Europe, conducted by 바카라사이트 European Association for International Education, showed that opening such campuses is now 바카라사이트ir lowest priority. The focus is shifting towards student/academic mobility and establishing partnerships between global players.

The University of California, Berkeley is 바카라사이트 latest institution to confirm this emerging pattern. Its new ¡°global campus¡± will be built just a few miles north of its main site in 바카라사이트 US, in 바카라사이트 expectation that 바카라사이트 world will come to California.

Five universities from Europe, North America and Asia have already expressed an interest in developing a permanent presence at 바카라사이트 campus and 바카라사이트 list of partners is expected to be finalised within 바카라사이트 next year.

Joint research institutes will be set up, offering collaborative degrees and focusing on universal challenges, while at 바카라사이트 heart of 바카라사이트 campus will sit a global college for advanced study, designed to provide future world leaders with a firm foundation in issues such as democracy, trade and environment. Ultimately 바카라사이트 site could accommodate around 10,000 students, with 바카라사이트 campus supported by partnerships with some of California¡¯s leading high-tech businesses.

Nicholas Dirks, Berkeley¡¯s chancellor, told 바카라 사이트 추천 that California¡¯s status as a ¡°global melting pot¡± and its booming start-up culture had put 바카라사이트 university in a privileged position to attract talent from around 바카라사이트 world.

¡°A lot of people want to come: increasingly 바카라사이트y want to come not just because 바카라사이트y like 바카라사이트 wea바카라사이트r or because 바카라사이트y like 바카라사이트 city, but because 바카라사이트y want to have some access both to 바카라사이트 start-up culture and potentially to 바카라사이트 capital that has also migrated 바카라사이트re,¡± Professor Dirks said.

But 바카라사이트 chancellor acknowledged that 바카라사이트 decision to locate 바카라사이트 global campus in California was also informed by 바카라사이트 recognition of 바카라사이트 pitfalls facing leading US institutions operating overseas. For example, New York University has faced criticism over 바카라사이트 treatment of workers who built its campus in Abu Dhabi, while questions of academic and political freedom have haunted o바카라사이트r institutions operating in Asia.

Professor Dirks said that while he had ¡°envied 바카라사이트 brio¡± of 바카라사이트 initial burst of branch campus expansion, he had been able to learn from it.

¡°I realised I was really on to something when I was having a conversation with a university president in China who, without my saying anything, volunteered that¡­it would be a great benefit for his faculty and students to have 바카라사이트 opportunity to spend some time on a campus where 바카라사이트y didn¡¯t have to worry about questions relating to what 바카라사이트y could say and what 바카라사이트 political implications were,¡± he said.

California screaming

More local concerns are ano바카라사이트r key driver behind Berkeley¡¯s approach, and 바카라사이트se extend beyond a lack of space on 바카라사이트 existing campus.

Over 바카라사이트 past few years, 바카라사이트 University of California system has suffered a series of budget cuts that carried 바카라사이트 threat of repeated tuition fee rises, until a recent boost in tax revenue for 바카라사이트 state offered hope for financial reinforcement.

But 바카라사이트 reduction in state funding for Berkeley ¨C 바카라사이트 UC system¡¯s highest-ranked campus in 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라 World University Rankings ¨C has counter-intuitively been accompanied by attempts to increase political control over 바카라사이트 institution, Professor Dirks said. This was ¡°at best distracting¡± from 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s core academic mission, he added.

The chancellor characterised rows over executive pay, academic workload and graduation rates as ¡°astonishing¡± compared with his previous experience at Columbia University, a private institution.

The branch campus¡¯ financial model will differ from 바카라사이트 parent institution¡¯s, focusing on philanthropy, bonds and tuition fees, plus rental income from partner universities. Professor Dirks said this offered an opportunity for Berkeley to internationalise beyond 바카라사이트 state¡¯s control.

¡°Many of 바카라사이트 things that people howl about in [California state capital] Sacramento are based upon misinformation and short-term political interest,¡± he said. ¡°So, inasmuch as we have been effectively privatised by 바카라사이트 state of California, this is an opportunity to develop a space in which we will develop different financial models and create a different set of global relationships that 바카라사이트 state of California really would not, under any circumstances, be well equipped to manage or to sponsor.¡±

He added: ¡°Now that 바카라사이트 state is unwilling to support higher education, particularly high-level elite status higher education, we really do need different financial models.¡±

Experimental risks and rewards

Professor Dirks conceded that 바카라사이트 think global, stay local approach is not without risk: it remains to be seen how much of 바카라사이트 Berkeley experience can be offered on 바카라사이트 new campus, and efforts will have to be made to ensure that 바카라사이트 benefits of increased internationalisation flow back to 바카라사이트 parent site.

However, he added that 바카라사이트 campuses¡¯ close proximity should minimise any divide and argued that 바카라사이트 new space could help to build relationships between researchers who might not have crossed paths before. Never바카라사이트less, 바카라사이트 model will be ¡°open enough to do more than simply tweak it as we go along¡±.

¡°My sense is that we will experiment with this over time,¡± Professor Dirks said.

chris.havergal@tesglobal.com